St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley
School Street, Chester le Street, DH3 2PN
105 pupils · 88% of 120 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
- BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Free school meals
- 25.7%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 24 June 2025, published 23 July 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 76% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 18% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Nearby alternatives
- St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley 0.6 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Ravensworth Terrace Primary School 0.7 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Portobello Primary School 0.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Barley Mow Primary School 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Birtley East Community Primary School 1.4 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Holley Park Academy 1.8 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.